HELLEBORUS x sternii 'Boughton Beauty'
Small
Part shade
Sun
Green
Pink
Reasonable soil
Well drained soil
Spring
Winter
Pollinator friendly
Description
Helleborus × sternii 'Boughton Beauty'
Other - These plants are available in a 12cm pot.
Height x Spread: 45cm x 45cm
Well named for its very attractive evergreen foliage, leathery silver-grey serrated leaves with pale green veining and flushed red undersides, the flowers that emerge in midwinter are equally striking. Held in small clusters above the architectural leaves, its simple elegant cup-like flowers are palest green with dusky pink reverse.
A valuable source of nectar for early season species of bees, 'Boughton Beauty' is a good choice for a wildlife garden but its year-round structure is very useful. Thriving in a moist but free draining soil that is neutral to alkaline in part shade, the fact that one of this hybrid's parents is Helleborus argutifolius means that it can tolerate a sunnier position as well.
Irritant to the skin, harmful if eaten.
Rosy's Colour Picks
EUPHORBIA amygdaloides var. robbiae
Known as the Wood Spurge this is one of the most commonly grown evergreen Euphorbias.
BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Jack Frost' PBR
From spring to early summer graceful sprays of deep blue Forget-me-not-like flowers are held aloft on dark stems above beautiful heart-shaped silver leaves with defined green veins and margin.
BERGENIA ciliata 'Wilton'
Bergenia ciliata varieties are all deciduous so lose their leaves in the winter. Available for Mail Order from February - July
PRIMULA vulgaris (Pr/Prim)
The Common Primrose, native to Europe, is one of the first signs of spring. It produces its pale yellow scented flowers over a rosette of oval, deeply veined green leaves.
